A heating and cooling system including a heat pump and a heat storage tank. Stored heat or cold is released from the heat storage tank for heating or cooling a house for a whole day. The heating and cooling system has five working modes: compressor heating or cooling, compressor charging, compressor discharging for heating or cooling, water pump charging and water pump discharging for heating or cooling.
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1. A heating and cooling system comprising:
a heat storage tank;
an outdoor coil;
an indoor coil;
a water-to-water heat pump;
an outdoor fan;
an indoor fan;
a three-way valve;
a first three-directional water pump wherein the three directional water pump comprises a first water pump, a second three-way valve, and a third three-way valve;
a second three-directional water pump wherein the second three directional water pump comprises a second water pump, a fourth three-way valve, and a fifth three-way valve;
the heat storage tank connecting to the three-way valve by a connecting tube;
the heat storage tank connecting to the first three-directional water pump by a connecting tube;
the heat storage tank connecting to the second three-directional water pump by a connecting tube;
a first port of the heat storage tank connecting to the outdoor coil via the first three-directional water pump;
a second port of the heat storage tank connecting to the outdoor coil via the three-way valve;
the first port of the heat storage tank connecting to the outdoor side of water-to-water heat pump via the first three-directional water pump;
the second port of the heat storage tank connecting to the outdoor side of water-to-water heat pump via the three-way valve;
the first port of the heat storage tank connecting to the second three-directional water pump by a connecting tube;
the first port of the heat storage tank connecting to the indoor coil via the second three-directional water pump;
the first port of the heat storage tank connecting to an indoor side of the water-to-water heat pump via the second three directional water pump;
the second port of the heat storage tank connecting to the indoor coil via the three-way valve;
the second port of the heat storage tank connecting to the indoor side of the water-to-water heat pump via the three-way valve;
the outdoor coil, the first three-directional water pump, and the outdoor side of the water-to-water heat pump being connected to form a loop; and
the indoor coil, the second three-directional water pump, and the indoor side of the water-to-water heat pump being connected to form a loop.
4. A heating and cooling system comprising:
a heat storage tank;
an outdoor coil;
a three-way valve;
a first three directional water pump wherein the first three directional water pump comprises a first water pump, a second three-way valve, and a third three-way valve;
a second three directional water pump wherein the second three-directional water pump comprises a second water pump, a fourth three-way valve, and a fifth three-way valve;
the heat storage tank connecting to the three-way valve by a connecting tube;
the heat storage tank connecting to the first three directional water pump by a connecting tube;
the heat storage tank connecting to the second three directional water pump by a connecting tube;
a first port of the heat storage tank connecting to the outdoor coil via the first three directional water pump;
a second port of the heat storage tank connecting to the outdoor coil via the three-way valve;
an indoor coil;
a water-to-water heat pump;
an outdoor fan;
an indoor fan;
the first port of the heat storage tank connecting to the second three-directional water pump by a connecting tube;
the first port of the heat storage tank connecting to the indoor coil via the second three-directional water pump;
the second port of the heat storage tank connecting to the indoor coil via the three-way valve;
the outdoor fan being controlled to work with the outdoor coil simultaneously, and a working outdoor fan blowing air through the outdoor coil;
the indoor fan being controlled to work with the indoor coil simultaneously, and a working indoor fan blows air through the indoor coil;
the first port of the heat storage tank connecting to an outdoor side of the water-to-water heat pump via the first three-directional water pump;
the second port of the heat storage tank connecting to an outdoor side of the water-to-water heat pump via the three-way valve;
the outdoor coil, the first three-directional water pump, and the outdoor side of the water-to-water heat pump being connected to form a loop; and
the indoor coil, the second three-directional water pump, and an indoor side of the water-to-water heat pump being connected to form a loop.
7. A heating and cooling system comprising:
a heat storage tank;
an outdoor coil;
an indoor coil;
a water to-water-water heat pump;
an outdoor fan;
an indoor fan;
a three-way valve;
a first three directional water pump wherein the first three directional water pump comprises a first water pump, a second three-way valve, and a third three-way valve;
a second three directional water pump wherein the second three directional water pump comprises a second water pump, a fourth three-way valve, and a fifth three-way valve;
a first port of the first three directional water pump connecting to a first port of the outdoor coil;
a second port of the first three directional water pump connecting to a second port of the water-to-water heat pump;
a third port of the first three directional water pump connecting to a first port of the heat storage tank;
a first port of the second three directional water pump connecting to a fourth port of the water-to-water heat pump;
a second port of the second three directional water pump connecting to a first port of the indoor coil;
a third port of the second three directional water pump connecting to the first port of the heat storage tank;
the third port of the second three direction directional water pump connecting to the third port of the first three directional water pump;
the outdoor fan being controlled to work with the outdoor coil simultaneously, and a working outdoor fan blowing air through the outdoor coil;
the indoor fan being controlled to work with the indoor coil simultaneously, and a working indoor fan blows air through the indoor coil;
the heat storage tank connecting to the three-way valve by a connecting tube;
the heat storage tank connecting to the first three-directional water pump by a connecting tube;
the heat storage tank connecting to the second three-directional water pump by a connecting tube;
a first port of the heat storage tank connecting to the outdoor coil via the first three-directional water pump;
a second port of the heat storage tank connecting to the outdoor coil via the three-way valve;
the first port of the heat storage tank connecting to the water-to-water heat pump via the first three-directional water pump; and
the second port of the heat storage tank connecting to the water-to-water heat pump via the three-way valve;
the first port of the heat storage tank connecting to the second three-directional water pump by a connecting tube;
the first port of the heat storage tank connecting to the indoor coil via the second three-directional water pump; and
the second port of the heat storage tank connecting to the indoor coil via the three-way valve;
the outdoor coil, the first three-directional water pump, and an outdoor side of the water-to-water heat pump being connected to form a loop; and
the indoor coil, the second three-directional water pump, and an indoor side of the water-to-water heat pump being connected to form a loop.
2. The heating and cooling system of
a first port of the first three directional water pump connecting to a first port of the outdoor coil;
a second port of the first three directional water pump connecting to a second port of the water-to-water heat pump;
a third port of the first three directional water pump connecting to the first port of the heat storage tank;
a first port of the second three directional water pump connecting to a fourth port of the water-to-water heat pump;
a second port of the second three directional water pump connecting to a first port of the indoor coil;
a third port of the second three directional water pump connecting to the first port of the heat storage tank; and
the third port of the second three directional water pump connecting to the third port of the first three directional water pump.
3. The heating and cooling system of
a second port of the outdoor coil connecting to a first port of the water-to-water heat pump;
the second port of the outdoor coil connecting to a second port of the three-way valve;
a second port of the indoor coil connecting to a third port of the three-way valve;
the second port of the indoor coil connecting to a third of the water-to-water heat pump;
the second port of the three-way valve connecting to the first port of the water-to-water heat pump; and
the third port of the three-way valve connecting to the third port of the water-to-water heat pump;
the outdoor fan being controlled to work with the outdoor coil simultaneously, and a working outdoor fan blowing air through the outdoor coil; and
the indoor fan being controlled to work with the indoor coil simultaneously, and a working indoor fan blows air through the indoor coil.
5. The heating and cooling system of
a first port of the first three directional water pump connecting to a first port of the outdoor coil;
a second port of the first three directional water pump connecting to a second port of the water-to-water heat pump;
a third port of the first three directional water pump connecting to the first port of the heat storage tank;
a first port of the second three directional water pump connecting to a fourth port of the water-to-water heat pump;
a second port of the second three directional water pump connecting to a first port of the indoor coil;
a third port of the second three directional water pump connecting to the first port of the heat storage tank; and
the third port of the second three directional water pump connecting to the third port of the first three directional water pump.
6. The heating and cooling system of
a second port of the outdoor coil connecting to a first port of the water-to-water heat pump;
the second port of the outdoor coil connecting to a second port of the three-way valve;
the second port of the outdoor coil connecting to a first port of the water-to-water heat pump;
a second port of the indoor coil connecting to a third port of the three-way valve;
the second port of the indoor coil connecting to a third port of the water-to-water heat pump;
the second port of the three-way valve connecting to the first port of the water-to-water heat pump; and
the third port of the three-way valve connecting to the third port of the water-to-water heat pump.
8. The heating and cooling system of
a second port of the outdoor coil connecting to a first port of the water-to-water heat pump;
the second port of the outdoor coil connecting to a second port of the three-way valve;
the second port of the outdoor coil connecting to a first port of the water-to-water heat pump;
a second port of the indoor coil connecting to a third port of the three-way valve;
the second port of the indoor coil connecting to a third port of the water-to-water heat pump;
the second port of the three-way valve connecting to the first port of the water-to-water heat pump; and
the third port of the three-way valve connecting to the third port of the water-to-water heat pump.
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The invention relates generally to a heat storage tank for incorporating with a heat pump or an air conditioning systems.
Solar heat is a type of free and renewable energy for heating houses in spring, fall and winter seasons, and providing hot water in summer. Solar heat/energy is used to be collected by a large size collector, from which the collected heat is transfer into a house by blowing air for heating it, or stored in a water tank for providing hot water. Actually, this is a direct way to collect solar energy, and it has many weaknesses. First, the solar heat with direct collection cannot be a stable heat source. It can only be collected on sunny days, no heat comes out on those cloudy days. Second, the direct solar heat is only for heating rather than cooling a house. Third, solar heat collecting systems have a large size/area collector with some pipe, fan or tank, which cost and installing fee are not inexpensive. Also, the systems for heating house and providing hot water are used to be designed as different systems, which cannot share the collector.
In fact, there is an indirect way to collect solar heat and it is much more stable for both heating and/or cooling a house in spring, summer, fall and winter in mild/hot climate regions. It is well known that the outdoor air has a temperature difference between daytime and nighttime due to the sun heats up the atmosphere and surface of earth in daytime and the stored heat dissipates into space in the nighttime. The daily temperature difference can be from 5° C. to 15° C. in all seasons and most geographical locations. Usually, a daily high temperature peak occurs between 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm, while a daily low temperature peak takes place between 3:00 am and 8:00 am.
Heat pumps are used in applications of space heating or cooling for human comfort in offices and residential homes. Heat pumps are able to move heat energy between one environment and another. When a heat pump is installed in a house, it can bring heat into (heating) or take heat out of (cooling) the house.
In heating mode of a heat pump for example, unlike an electric or gas heater, a heat pump moves heat from an outdoor space into an indoor space rather than creating it. Coefficient of Performance (COP) is used to present how efficient a heat pump works. COP is defined as the ratio of useful heat output to electricity energy input. Heating a house on a mild day at 10° C., a typical air source heat pump has a COP of 3 to 4, while an electric heater with pure resistance has the COP of 1. COP is also applied in cooling mode. The theoretical COP for a heat pump for both heating and cooling modes can be expressed as:
Where ΔQhot is the amount of heat moved from outdoor coil to indoor coil, ΔQcool is the amount of heat moved from indoor coil to outdoor coil. ΔA is the electrical energy taken by compressor and fans. Tindoor and Toutdoor are the temperatures of the indoor and outdoor coils in degree Kelvin (K).
COP of a heat pump is various when the difference of outdoor temperature and indoor temperature changes.
According to the COP characteristics, an air source heat pump can be used to collect solar heat indirectly for both heating and cooling by using the daily temperature difference. For heating a house in spring, fall or winter, a heat pump should work as much as possible in the daily highest temperature time when the daily COP is the largest value. For cooling the house in summer, the heat pump should work much in the lowest daily temperature time for the best daily COP. In this way, the COP of the heat pump always works with the best daily COP for both heating and cooling.
Unfortunately, current air source heat pumps always work harder with the worst daily COP.
In
Due to the house needs the least heat in the duration of highest daily COP of a heat pump, a heat storage tank is the only condition to make a heat pump works in this duration. Thus, the heat pump can work with its best daily COP to store the heat into the tank for a whole day using, and the stored heat will be released from the tank into house in the rest time of the day.
Such the system can be implemented by incorporating a heat storage tank into a heat pump system as shown in
In a mild climate area, 80,000˜120,000 BTU daily heat is an essential amount for heating a house in spring, fall and winter. If water is used for storing 150,000 BTU heat to cover the worst case usage, and assume that the water tank is charged and discharged by heat between 30˜45° C., that means 15° C. or 27° F. temperature difference, then the amount of water can be calculated as 150,000 BTU/27° F.=5556 lbs or 666 gallons, since the daily heat storage tank is installed in an indoor space, such the amount of water makes the tank very big. In cooling operation, the same amount of water can be charged or discharged by cool between 5˜20° C., which is also 15° C. or 27° F. temperature difference, then the same amount of cool is used for cooling the house for one day. It is obvious that the system in
The system in
In residential house applications, the most efficient heat pump is the ground source heat pump or geothermal heat pump. It uses an extra water loop to exchange heat between ground and the outdoor coil. The heating COP of a geothermal heat pump can be 4 to 5 because the temperature of ground is a constant temperature about 10° C. to 15° C. in all seasons, so the annual electricity bill can be reduced for 30˜40% by using a geothermal heat pump for both heating and cooling. However, the initial cost is nearly twice the price of a regular heat pump, furthermore the cost is much higher for drilling ground and installing water pipe. The total cost is around $25,000 in average for installing a geothermal heat pump that means the investment will be gotten back in a longer term such as 10 years or more.
Compared with geothermal heat pump, the invention has a much lower installation cost with significantly improved COP in spring, summer, fall and whole or a part of winter in south regions. Therefore, the invention is suitable in use in warm and hot climate regions, while a geothermal heat pump is a good solution for cold climate regions, where the winter is longer with a high annual heating cost.
This invention provides a heating and cooling system with compact size and high efficiency. The system is constructed a heat pump and a daily heat storage tank for heating and cooling a house. With the daily heat storage tank, the system works with the way of working shift to catch the highest daily COP and move an amount of heat or cool into the tank for a whole day using, heat or cool stored in the tank is discharged to heat or cool the house in rest time of the day. The system also has water pump working mode for partially charging or discharging the daily storage tank, which increase the system efficiency further. The invention system has five working modes: Compressor Heating or Cooling, Compressor Charging, Compressor Discharging for Heating or Cooling, Water Pump Charging and Water Pump Discharging for Heating or Cooling. In the last two working modes, the heat pump compressor doesn't work, so a water pump works for moving heat or cool between outdoor air and the heat storage tank, or the heat storage tank and indoor air with a lower power consumption.
The invention accomplishes the following features:
The invention system is illustrated in
Parts Functional Description
Heat storage tank 32 uses water as the heat storage material. Since the temperature range for charging or discharging the heat storage tank is from 5° C. to 45° C., the heat storage tank 32 is thermal insolated to keep the temperature of inside water doesn't change for at least 24 hours. The heat storage tank 32 can be charged or discharged by water-to-water heat pump 42 or partially charged or discharged by the first three-directional water pump 40 or the second three-directional water pump 48. Heat is carried into/out of the tank by water flow, which is in different directions in different working modes of the system.
Three-way valve 34 is a fluid control valve whose has three ports: 1, 2 and 3. The fluid path can be set to either 1 to 2 or 1 to 3 by electromagnetic force.
Outdoor coil 36 and Indoor Coil 46 are the same as the outdoor and indoor coils of an air source heat pump. The only difference is that the working material to pass through them for transferring heat is water rather than refrigerant.
Outdoor fan 38 and Indoor Fan 44 are exactly the same as the outdoor fan and indoor fan/blower of an air source heat pump in function.
Water-to-water heat pump 42 is a type of full function heat pump. Unlike an air source heat, both its evaporator and condenser are refrigerant to water heat exchanger, which can be connected to outdoor and indoor water loops respectively. Heat can be delivered either from a(72), b(74) ends of its outdoor side to c(76), d(78) ends of its indoor side, or from c(76), d(78) ends of its indoor side to a(72), b(74) ends of its outdoor side. Water-to-water heat pumps have been many types of commercial products in applications of geothermal heat pumps.
Three-directional water pump 40 or 48 is a created part to implement water flow driving in three directions by using a single water pump and two three-way valves. The first three-directional water pump 40 and the second three-directional water pump 48 are the key parts to fulfill five different connections between the heat storage tank 32 and outdoor coil 36, or one side of water-to-water heat pump 42, or indoor coil 46.
The architecture of three-directional water pump is shown in
The top drawing shows that the water pump 100 drives the water flaw to pass the three-directional water pump from its end A to end B, or called Direction I, when the first three-way valve 102 is switched onto its 1, 2 path and the second three-way valve 104 is switched onto its 1, 3 path. The water flow is driven by the water pump 100 along the path of End A, or 122→End 2 of 102→End 1 of 102→End 118 of 100→End 120 of 100→End 1 of 104→End 3 of 104→End B, or 124.
The middle drawing shows that the water pump 100 drives the water flaw to pass the three-directional water pump from its end A to end C, or called Direction II, when both the first and second three-way valves 102 and 104 are switched onto their 1, 2 paths. The water flow is driven by the water pump 100 along the path of End A, or 122→End 2 of 102→End 1 of 102→End 118 of 100→End 120 of 100→End 1 of 104→End 2 of 104→End C, or 126.
The bottom drawing shows that the water pump 100 drives the water flaw to pass the three-directional water pump from its end C to end B, or called Direction III, when both the first and second three-way valves 102 and 104 are switched onto their 1, 3 paths. The water flow is driven by the water pump 100 along End C, or 126→End 3 of 102→End 1 of 102→End 118 of 100→End 120 of 100→End 1 of 104→End 3 of 104→End B, or 124.
System Architecture
The system architecture in
Working Modes of Invention System
Based on the architecture of system topology in
Working Mode A, Compressor Heating or Cooling
Compressor heating or Cooling mode is shown in
Working Mode B, Compressor Charging
Compressor Charging mode is shown in
Working Mode C, Compressor Discharging for Heating or Cooling
Compressor Discharging for Heating or Cooling mode is shown in
Working Mode D, Water Pump Charging
Water Pump Charging mode is shown in
Working Mode E, Water Pump Discharging for Heating or Cooling
Water Pump Discharging mode is shown in
Water Pump Charging and Discharging
Working with a water heat storage tank, the invention system runs in working shift mode in most of time, which means the system charges the heat storage tank in a certain time every day and discharge the tank for heating or cooling a house in other time of the day. If the system only worked in compressor charging and discharging, it would take more energy than a regular heat pump because the compressor works in both tank charging and discharging, i.e. two times working, while the compressor of a regular heat pump works one time when it is working. Therefore, Water Pump Charging and Discharging modes are introduced in the invention system to save the energy further. In most cases, Water Pump Charging and Discharging only move partial heat into or out of the tank. For example, if the room temperature is 22° C., Water Pump Discharging mode is active in heating operation if the water temperature inside the heat storage tank is above 28° C., i.e. 28˜45° C.; or in cooling operation if the water temperature inside the heat storage tank is below 16° C., i.e. 5˜16° C., Water Pump Discharging mode is also active to cool the house. If more heat/cool needs to be charged or discharged, Compressor Charging and Discharging modes will take over Water Pump Charging and Discharging mode. When the system working Compressor Charging and Discharging modes, the temperature of water inside tank can reach the upper rail 45° C. in heat charging or cool discharging operations, and bottom rail 5° C. in cool charging or heat discharging operations.
Smarter Thermostat
Traditional thermostats only control a heat pump to heat/cool the room temperature in a certain range around one setting point of indoor temperature. Digital thermostats add a time factor, so the setting temperature can be different values in different daily or weekly time. Compared with traditional thermostats, digital thermostats have advantages of setting different temperatures in day time and night time, and setting a low working mode when no person is at home. Only some digital thermostats have an outdoor sensor, which can provide an outdoor temperature point for the thermostat to switch the system between the heat pump heating and gas/electricity heating. However, the thermostat, which is called “Smarter thermostat”, for controlling the invention system is much more complicate than any current thermostat.
Based on the best digital thermostat, Smarter Thermostat has many further capabilities: selecting the best time to charge the daily heat storage tank, discharging the tank for H/C, measuring and managing daily amount of exchanged heat, and selecting the best working mode for charging and discharging the tank. They are described as below in detail.
1. Selecting the Best Time to Charge the Daily Heat Storage Tank
Usually, the highest temperature time happens in 2:00 pm˜7:00 pm for charging heat to the daily heat storage tank, and the lowest temperature time happens in 3:00 am˜8:00 am for charging cool to the tank. However, the peak point and curve of daily temperature is always various in different climate areas, different seasons or even two adjacent days. Therefore, a statistic method may not catch the daily temperature peak in optimization. Although the top of peak can be caught by using an outdoor temperature sensor, when a peak is detected, half of the best working time may be missed in case the peak is sharp.
The smarter thermostat gives an effective method by using weather forecast combined with an outdoor confirming temperature sensor to catch the best daily temperature peak. Currently, radio weather forecast covers most part of US, Canada and some other countries. Also, internet weather forecast devices become more and more popular. Some radio and internet products have been available in the market to receive and display weather and weather forecast information.
There are two methods to catch the daily temperature peak.
One is to detect the outdoor temperature by using the outdoor temperature sensor and compare it with the highest or lowest daily temperature. In heating season, when the outdoor temperature is 1° C. lower than the highest daily temperature of forecast, the invention system is turned on in heating operation for two or three hours to charge heat into the heat storage tank to full. In cooling season, when the outdoor temperature is 1° C. higher than the lowest daily temperature of forecast, the invention system is turned on in cooling operation for two or three hours to charge cool into the heat storage tank. In most cases, this method can catch the peak, but sometime the daily temperature peak remains the same temperature for three or four hours, the caught peak is not fall in the best duration. Also, the outdoor temperature sensor has an error in measurement, and the temperature at the house location has a difference to the forecast value, these factors may impact the action of peak catching.
The other method is to get the daily temperature forecast curve in hourly scale, and then decide the duration to turn on the invention system. In this case, the outdoor temperature sensor works as a reference to monitor and confirm the outdoor temperature. Daily temperature forecast curve has not been available at many of current weather forecast radio stations or internet websites. This information can be received by the Smarter Thermostat for catching the daily temperature peak.
2. Measuring and Managing the Tank, and Discharging for Heating or Cooling
Unlike the control of a normal heat pump, the invention system heats or cools the house by using the working mode of Tank Discharging for Heating or Cooling in most of time. Since the invention is designed as an energy saving product, the smarter thermostat must have the capability to measure and manage the daily storage tank. For example, the smarter thermostat knows and memorizes how much heat or cool is stored inside the tank. Otherwise, an over charging or discharge would happen to waste the electric energy.
In the water tank, only one temperature sensor installed at the end of water flow can measure the amount of stored heat in the tank. The temperature of water inside the tank versus the “level” of heat is a linear curve and the total amount of heat is decided by the total amount of water inside the tank, so it is easy to measure the storage heat by measuring the temperature.
After each discharging, the smarter thermostat measures the amount of heat for daily use and decides how much heat the tank needs for the next charging. This can be one of the conditions to determine the work mode.
3. Selecting the Best Working Mode for Charging and Discharging the Tank
In the invention system, the heat storage tank can be charged by using either Water Pump Charging, working mode D or Compressor Charging, working mode B, and discharged by using either Water Pump Discharging, working mode E or Compressor Discharging, working mode C. Water pump charging or discharging has the advantages of lower power consumption and low sound noise, but it only exchanges a part of heat in the tank with outdoor or indoor air. While compressor charging or discharging has the advantages to exchange much more heat between the same size water tank and outdoor or indoor air, but the compressor works aloud and runs at a higher power level than that of water pump.
Since the daily temperature curve is various in different climate areas and different seasons, the daily amount of heat for heating or cooling is always different and less than the maximum amount of stored heat in the tank. The smarter thermostat adjusts the heat level in tank as the best condition for charging and discharging by using a water pump or compressor.
In heating operation, the smarter thermostat controls the system charging the tank to full, or the highest temperature such as 45° C., and then discharging for heating the house starts by using Water Pump Discharging, mode E, first from 45° C. to 30° C., further discharging is taken over by Compressor Discharging, mode C, from 30° C. to 5° C. In most of time, the heat discharging is not complete such as the discharging only reaches 10° C. If the highest outdoor temperature is 20° C. in the next day, the heat charging will start by using Water Pump Charging, mode D from 10° C. to 15° C., and then switch to Compressor Charging, mode B to heat full from 15° C. to 45° C.
In cooling operation, the smarter thermostat controls the system charging cool into the tank to full, or the lowest temperature 5° C., then discharging for cooling the house starts by using Water Pump Discharging, mode E first from 5° C. to 15° C., and further discharging is taken over by Compressor Discharging, mode C from 15° C. to 45° C. Also, in most of time, the cool discharging is not complete such as discharging only reaches 30° C. If the lowest outdoor temperature is 15° C. in the next day, the heat charging will start by using Water Pump Charging, mode D from 30° C. to 20° C., and then switch to Compressor Charging, mode B to cool full from 20° C. to 5° C.
In some cases, the invention system can work in fully water pump charging and discharging modes. For example, when the daily temperature changes from 15° C.˜25° C., the system works for slight heating in the midnight and morning, or the daily temperature changes from 20° C.˜30° C., the system works for slight cooling in the afternoon and evening. Therefore, the smarter thermostat is the key part to keep the system running in a high efficiency.
The heating and cooling system of the current invention includes a heat storage tank 32 for storing and releasing heat energy based on daily outdoor temperature variances. The system includes, referring to
The heat storage tank 32 connects to the three-way valve 34 by a connecting tube 90. The heat storage tank 32 connects to the first three-directional water pump 40 by a connecting tube 88. The heat storage tank 32 connects to the second three-directional water pump 48 by a connecting tube 86 via the connecting tube 88.
A first port 50 of the heat storage tank 32 connects to the outdoor coil 36 via the first three-directional water pump 40. A second port 52 of the heat storage tank 32 connects to the outdoor coil 36 via the three-way valve 34. The first port 50 of the heat storage tank 32 connects to an outdoor side of the water-to-water heat pump 42 via the first three-directional water pump 40. The second port 52 of the heat storage tank 32 connects to the outdoor side of the water-to-water heat pump 42 via the three-way valve 34.
The first port 50 of the heat storage tank 32 connects to the second three-directional water pump 48 by a connecting tube 86 and the connecting tube 88. The first port 50 of the heat storage tank 32 connects to the indoor coil 46 via the second three-directional water pump 48. The first port 50 of the heat storage tank 32 connects to an indoor side of the water-to-water heat pump 42 via the second three-directional water pump 48. The second port 52 of the heat storage tank 32 connects to the indoor coil 46 via the three-way valve 34. The second port 52 of the heat storage tank 32 connects to the indoor side of the water-to-water heat pump 42 via the three-way valve 34.
The outdoor coil 36, the first three-directional water pump 40, and the outdoor side of water-to-water heat pump 42 are connected to form a loop. The indoor coil 46, the second three-directional water pump 48, and the indoor side of water-to-water heat pump 42 are connected to form a loop.
A first port 66 of the first three-directional water pump 40 connects to a first port 58 of the outdoor coil 36. A second port 70 of the first three-directional water pump 40 connects to a second port 74 on the outdoor side of the water-to-water heat pump 42. A third port 68 of first three-directional water pump 40 connects to the first port 50 of the heat storage tank 32.
A first port 80 of the second three-directional water pump 48 connects to a fourth end 78 on the indoor side of the water-to-water heat pump 42. A second port 84 of the second three-directional water pump 48 connects to a first port 62 of the indoor coil 46. A third port 82 of the second three-directional water pump 48 connects to the first port 50 of the heat storage tank 32. The third port 82 of the second three-directional water pump 48 connects to the third port 68 of the first three-directional water pump 40.
A second port 60 of the outdoor coil 36 connects to a first port 72 on the outdoor side of the water-to-water heat pump 42. The second port 60 of the outdoor coil 36 connects to a second port 54 of the three-way valve 34.
A second port 64 of the indoor coil 46 connects to a third port 56 of the three-way valve 34. The second port 64 of the indoor coil 46 connects to a third port 76 on the indoor side of the water-to-water heat pump 42.
The second port 54 of the three-way valve 34 connects to the first port 72 on the outdoor side of the water-to-water heat pump 42. The third port 56 of the three-way valve 34 connects to the third port 76 on the indoor side of the water-to-water heat pump 42.
The outdoor fan 38 is positioned close to the outdoor coil 36, the outdoor fan blows air through the outdoor coil 36 when it is working. The indoor fan 44 is positioned close to the indoor coil 46, the indoor fan blows air through the indoor coil 46 when it is working.
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